diff --git a/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.cpp b/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.cpp
index 9bdf1f90b..7a40cb43e 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/src/audio_player_dsound2.cpp
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ unsigned int __stdcall DirectSoundPlayer2Thread::ThreadProc(void *parameter)
 }
 
 
-#define WANTED_LATENCY 100
-#define BUFFER_LENGTH 5
+#define WANTED_LATENCY 80
+#define BUFFER_LENGTH 4
 // The buffer will hold BUFFER_LENGTH times WANTED_LATENCY milliseconds of audio